u2

deadnote

i love u2 a lot
every member is great

but

what happened during a couple songs on pop?

ledvedderman

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think "Pop" is an amazing record. I wish they still had growth like this in them.

faithful227

I love U2. I think thats what's so great about them is that they have a good mix of musical style over their catalogue. I like all of their albums, but I know everyone does not.

Kind of like another band I love....

deadnote

my bad

im a little out of bounds here

dharma69

deadnote wrote:

i love u2 a lot
every member is great

but

what happened during a couple songs on pop?

What happened was that they scheduled the Pop tour before the Pop album was even finished. So when time came to hit the road and the stage, they had to run with what they had; and what they had was an album of unfinished songs. Unfinished to their usual standards, that is, and I think that it shows.

Pop is, without an iota of a doubt, my least favorite U2 album, gets practically no play time from me and if not for Clayton's hella-good basslines I'd probably throw it away. A few good songs, which there are, just don't save it. The concept was great, out of the box and a complete 180 for them that bordered on brilliant, and it would've been amazing if they hadn't run out of time.

Some days I hate that album because of what could've been.

deadnote

i agree i love the basslines and i also love the songs that are unfinished but i cant deal with the playboy mansion even though im hiding a sin

deadnote

i think what i meant to say was i never heard a u2 album with maybe two sing i dont dig , ive heard a pj album before and never mentioned it , i think i put higher standards or maybe compared the twos history

they are both in the hall so who fuckin cares

2-feign-reluctance

ledvedderman wrote:

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think "Pop" is an amazing record. I wish they still had growth like this in them.

i agree! 'pop' is awesome. every song. 'if you wear that velvet dress' is beautiful.

deadnote

it certainly is beautiful

unfucking bealievable

pjoasisrule

U2 is good but I do not understand how they are the biggest band in the world. I just dont think their music (particularly their newest work) is any better than just good.

deadnote

you gotta admith when u2 hit it they are as good as pj
that live in boston dvd is probably loaded

Can You Say Octopus?

I thought i read that Bono had throat surgery (throat cancer, tumor?? I cant remember). I am pretty sure in his interview he talked about having a tough time with the vocals because of the procedure and the recording process taking a long time...

Ill see if i can find the article.

g under p

pjoasisrule wrote:

U2 is good but I do not understand how they are the biggest band in the world. I just dont think their music (particularly their newest work) is any better than just good.

Well when you can carry an audience of 500,000 with something none of them will forget you can be given that title.

Take a look here......U2...US FESTIVAL 1983...."Electric Co".

Peace

BlackCorduroy

I think I might see U23D tomorrow, anything 3D is pretty cool:)

halv

Loving this new U2 album Songs of Surrender. Picked up the 40 song box set on vinyl on Friday and have been listening all weekend. These songs are a part of my dna at this point so hearing these stripped down different new versions is really exciting. There's a couple of songs that don't work as well but the vast majority are gorgeous. In a way Pearl Jam did this already with Benaroya which of course was amazing as well. 

2-feign-reluctance

For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 

halv

2-feign-reluctance said:

For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 

Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 

2-feign-reluctance

halv said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 

Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 

Totally is. My first time seeing them was on the PopMart tour in 97’ 

halv

2-feign-reluctance said:

halv said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 

Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 

Totally is. My first time seeing them was on the PopMart tour in 97’ 

I saw them three times on that tour. Had front row for one of them. Also got super lucky as they'd stayed at a hotel I worked at and got to meet Bono, Edge and Larry. Even played Bono's guitar. Was quite the weekend. 

2-feign-reluctance

halv said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

halv said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 

Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 

Totally is. My first time seeing them was on the PopMart tour in 97’ 

I saw them three times on that tour. Had front row for one of them. Also got super lucky as they'd stayed at a hotel I worked at and got to meet Bono, Edge and Larry. Even played Bono's guitar. Was quite the weekend. 

Insane!! I scored tickets near the catwalk and they came out and played a song acoustically. I think it was Desire? Some core memories there! 

nicknyr15

https://youtu.be/oxo-loXdcH0

Zod

Popmart '97 was also my first show (the one in vancouver).  I feel this concert was historical in a few ways. The first was that I hadn't gotten good at getting concern tickets yet, and we hadn't planned it out, so our seats were on the upper level towards the back.  It was the catalyst for me to figure out how to get good at ticket buying, and as a result, I had decades of amazing seats at concerts.

The 2nd was, the show was so damn good, that I was even impressed way up on the upper deck of the stadium (BC Place).   It's not easy to feel the energy on the upper deck of a stadium.  Good on them

halv

Zod said:

Popmart '97 was also my first show (the one in vancouver).  I feel this concert was historical in a few ways. The first was that I hadn't gotten good at getting concern tickets yet, and we hadn't planned it out, so our seats were on the upper level towards the back.  It was the catalyst for me to figure out how to get good at ticket buying, and as a result, I had decades of amazing seats at concerts.

The 2nd was, the show was so damn good, that I was even impressed way up on the upper deck of the stadium (BC Place).   It's not easy to feel the energy on the upper deck of a stadium.  Good on them

We were at the Vancouver show as well and it was incredible.    Bono had a completely shaved head at that one. We actually met him outside the Pan Pacific hotel the night before. His voice was shot and he was going to see a throat specialist. Luckily the concert wasn’t cancelled. I was worried. 

logan5ive

Who's going to Vegas?

Poncier

I'm entering the lottery.
We'll see what happens.

brobert

I entered the lottery for GA and nosebleed on October 7. Fingers crossed.  

cutz

For some reason it won't let me pick out a show. I got a confirmation email that I registered but not for a specific date. Oh well.

mr bungle

can ocutz said:

For some reason it won't let me pick out a show. I got a confirmation email that I registered but not for a specific date. Oh well.

can only pick your sections if you're going through the U2 fan club route (just like the 10c).  TM verified is different than the fan club presale.  Any help?

Poncier

Scored GA for the Sphere in October

brobert

Nothing for me yet.  Put in for GA and P4  on October 7.  In the Ultra group.

Poncier

brobert said:

Nothing for me yet.  Put in for GA and P4  on October 7.  In the Ultra group.

You'll get it.
I think pretty much everyone in Ultra is going to get fulfilled